Charlotte, Violet and Rose, Three Sisters growing up amidst the rumblings of World War One and each of them fighting for their own personal freedom. Charlotte, the eldest and a teacher, engaged to marry Richard, the Curate, and struggling to accept her passionate nature and sexuality, embroiled into the world of Conservative activism through the Primrose League. Violet, a nurse and a suffragette, fighting not just for female emancipation, but also her own feelings for her best friend, Maeve. Rose, the youngest and diagnosed an epileptic fights to be recognised as a person in her own right and in the process falls in love with John, of lower class and station. When Charlotte takes the decision, along with her mother to institutionalise Rose because of her epilepsy, the family is split as Violet opposes Charlotte’s high-handed decision, but is devastated to find she cannot protect Rose as personal and political boundaries are pushed to the limits and each girl struggles with impending womanhood. Three Sisters is author Kathryn Barnett’s first novel with Provoco Publishing and is a delightful, beautifully written social statement detailing the battle of three girls to become women in their own right.